Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) is a newly-initiated project being developed by The Graduate School - New Brunswick and the Libraries. It is anticipated that in the near future electronic version of theses and dissertations will replace printed theses and dissertations in all Rutgers graduate programs.

What are Rutgers Electronic Theses and Dissertations?

    An ETD is a document that explicates the research of a graduate student. It is expressed in a form that is simultaneously suitable for machine archiving and worldwide retrieval. Rutgers full text ETDs will be available in RUcore. They will be also be cataloged in IRIS with links RUcore, be included in ProQuest's Dissertations and Theses, and be searchable on the Web.

    Similar to its paper predecessor, the ETD has text, figures, tables, footnotes, and references. It includes a title page with the student's name, title, the name of the school, and the names and signatures of the committee members. It describes why the work was done, how the research relates to previous work as recorded in the literature, the research methods used, the results, and the interpretation and discussion of the results, and a summary with conclusions.

    But an ETD is different. An ETD can be prepared using almost any word processing software and can incorporate relevant multimedia objects without the requirement to submit multiple copies on paper. Consequently, an ETD is less expensive to prepare, consumes virtually no library shelf space, and is likely to get wider recognition because of its availability on the Web.

Rutgers Electronic Theses & Dissertations (RUetd) Submission